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V.O. was supported by a research grant from the VISN 22 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center. B.W.-J. is the recipient of grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal. We thank Dimitrios Gripeos (California State University, Long Beach) and Laura Carolina Rios-Mandel (Columbia University) for discussions on meanings and representations of democracy, deliberation and diversity. The ideas expressed in the manuscript reflect the personal views of the authors. V.O and B.W.-J. declare no financial conflicts of interest. V.O and B.W-J contributed equally to this letter.
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Ozdemir, V., Williams-Jones, B. Democracy unleashed—unpacking the tooth fairy in drug industry R&D. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1324–1326 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1106-1324
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